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Patented November 24, 1903.

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AMOS DE WITT HILL, OF ST. JOSEPH, MICHIGAN.

HEATING SYSTEM.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 744,915, dated November 24, 1903.

Application filed March 28, 1903. Serial No. 150,015, (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AMos DE WITT HILL, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Joseph, in the county of Berrien and State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Heating System, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in heating systems, the object being to provide a sim ple and comparatively inexpensive system by which adjacent rooms on a lower and upper floor can be heated by one stove without resort to a complicated arrangement of pipes and fiues.

My invention consists, essentially, in forming an opening in a divisional wall, arranging an arch of fireproof material in said opening, building a flue adjacent the divisional wall from a point above said arch, arranging a flue in the wall leading to registers in the rooms above, a stove of any suitable construction being arranged beneath said arch and suitable hoods adapted to inclose said stove.

Further details of my improvement are described hereinafter, particularly pointed out in the claims, and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a View, partly in section, illustrating my complete system as applied to two lower andtwo upper rooms. Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view of the rear hood. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective View of the front hood. Fig. 4 is a detail View, parts of the divisional wall being broken away, showing the construction of the heating-flue. Fig. 5 is a section about on the line 5 5 of Fig. 1., the stove being removed. Fig. 6 is a detail View of the arch, parts of the arch and the flue leading from same being in section.

In the installation of my system an opening is cut in the partition or divisional wall A between two rooms-for example, a sittingroom and a dining-room. constructed an arch A, preferably of fireproof brick, a short vertical pipe A being arranged in the center of the arch and extending above same. Above the arch commences a chimney B, running up one side of the divisional wall, and which is adapted to receive a smoke-pipe.

The pipe A is open at each end andover its upper end is fitted a pipe-section O of a heat- In this opening isconducting flue, the lower end of this section resting on the top of the arch. Acentralinclined section 0 carries the flue to one side of the flue B, and a straight section (J leads into asuitable sheet-metal casing 0 opening laterally into the rooms immediately above those divided by the divisional wall A, the casing 0 being in the divisional wall A Where the flue passes through the flooring A a packing of mineral wool or other suitable material C is put around the pipe 0 and it is understood that such material may be em ployed at any point where required. Suitable registers 0 of the usual kind are secured in the casing C and through them heat is conducted into the bedrooms D D.

A stove E of any desired make or construction is placed beneath the arch, the front of the stove being toward the sitting-room D and the rear extending into the dining-room D A smoke-pipe E extends from the rear of the stove and enters the chimney-flue B, which starts in the dining-room. To separate the two lower rooms and also to throw additional heat into the upper rooms, hoods adapted to fit against the arch and inclose the stove are provided. The hood on the dining-room side is formed in two parts F F, each part having the semicircular cut-out portion F whereby the hood can be fitted over the stovepipe E. provided, together with perforations F to admit air below the stove. The hood G is formed in one piece and is provided centrally with a plurality of isinglass windows G, damper and damper-openings G the air-perforations G and the handles G These hoods are semicylindrical in shape with a contracted curved upper portion, the edges of the hood resting against the archway, a considerable air-space being left between the hood and the stove.

The advantages and operation of my device will be evident. At all times when the registers O are open more or less heat will ascend to the rooms D D. During the day, if most of the heat is desired in the sitting-room, the hood Gcan be removed to one side, and the section F can also be removed, allowing most of the heat to radiate into the two lower rooms, and at night the hoods can be placed back in position, directing all the heated air to the Suitable handles F are rooms above. Even when entirely closed the heated hoods will radiate considerable heat into the lower rooms.

During the summer by taking down the pipe E and placing the hoods in position the stove will be out of sight and is at all times out of the way, as the hoods will take up but little room. It will be noted that by this system four rooms will be heated by one stove and one flue. It is obvious that many minor changes may be made without departing materially from my invention and that the particular arrangement of the flues, &c. will depend to some extent on the construction of the building in which it is placed and on the number of rooms to be heated.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A heating system comprising anarched opening in a divisional wall, a stove arranged beneath said aroh,and removable hoods adapted to inclose the stove on each side of the Wall.

2. A heating system comprising an arched opening in a divisional wall, a flue extending upwardly from the top of said arch, a casing at the top of the flue, registers in said casing openinginto adjoining rooms, a stove beneath the arch, and hoods adapted to inclose a space around the stove.

3. A heating system comprising an arch of fireproof material formed in a divisional wall, a flue opening downward through the top of the arch and extending upward through the floor above and opening laterally into difierent rooms, registers in said openings, a chimney-flue arranged on one side of the divisional wall, a stove arranged beneath the arch, a smoke-pipe leading from the stove to the chimney-flue, and removable hoods adapted to rest on either side of the divisional wall and inclose the archway.

4. A heating system of the kind described comprising an arch of fireproof material formed in a wall, a stove arranged beneath said arch, a smoke-pipe leading from said stove, a semicylindrical hood adapted to rest against the wall and inclose the arch, said hood being formed in two detachable sections each section having a curved recess in one edge, said recessed portions being adapted to fit over the stovepipe.

AMOS DE WI'IT HILL.

Witnesses:

IDA L. SNoWBY, JACOB ZLOMKE. 

